Why do fans love Brolly so much?

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:47 pm

I've also heard some guys say they like Broly because they're fans of his voice actor. Did know a few guys get shocked when they found out Mr. Mignogna did him though.

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:15 pm

He's large and in charge. 'Nuff said.

mAcChaos · Post by **mAcChaos** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:16 am

He just looks cool. : P

Duo · Post by **Duo** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:16 am

Ozma15 wrote:Me, I don't like the movies for Broli. I like them for Kuririn singing, rescuing his wife, and dressing up as Piccolo, Videl dressing up in a fluttery pink dress and getting the hell beaten out of her, #18 getting her money's worth, Future Trunks using Masenko, Trunks and Goten being Trunks and Goten...

I'm in that boat as well. I don't hate the Broli movies (actually, Movie 8 is the worst of them all, in my opinion...) and I really enjoy Movie 11 for Goten and Trunks and a variety of other things. I just...man, I don't see anything unique at all about Broli. Dr. Wheelo, Tullece, Cooler, Garlic Jr, they all had more personality than him. #13 kicked the thirteen shades of shit out of everyone flawlessly too, but hardly anyone talks about him.

SaiyaMel · Post by **SaiyaMel** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:37 am

I'm not that crazy about him.. probably my least favorite Saiyan.

Ex-Dubbie369 · Post by **Ex-Dubbie369** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:33 am

Duo wrote:
Ozma15 wrote:Me, I don't like the movies for Broli. I like them for Kuririn singing, rescuing his wife, and dressing up as Piccolo, Videl dressing up in a fluttery pink dress and getting the hell beaten out of her, #18 getting her money's worth, Future Trunks using Masenko, Trunks and Goten being Trunks and Goten...
I'm in that boat as well. I don't hate the Broli movies (actually, Movie 8 is the worst of them all, in my opinion...) and I really enjoy Movie 11 for Goten and Trunks and a variety of other things. I just...man, I don't see anything unique at all about Broli. Dr. Wheelo, Tullece, Cooler, Garlic Jr, they all had more personality than him. #13 kicked the thirteen shades of shit out of everyone flawlessly too, but hardly anyone talks about him.

I agree for the most part. I like all of the Broli movies, but not really Broli. This is the same with movie 13. It's my favorite movie, but Hildegarn is just a kinda boring villain.

Post by **VegettoEX** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:11 pm

Ex-Dubbie369 wrote:I agree for the most part. I like all of the Broli movies, but not really Broli. This is the same with movie 13. It's my favorite movie, but Hildegarn is just a kinda boring villain.

Stemming off of what you've mentioned, I think that's part of my problem.

Hildegarn is nothing. He's just a giant monster, brought to life out of a crummy totem-pole/statue thing. He's not really the focus of the story, and is nothing more than a plot element with which to examine and discover the other characters.

But not Broli. He's the focus. We're even given a rather fleshed-out back story from which we're supposed to get a feeling of sympathy, and begin to identify with him a little bit. But he's just so... bland. They build all that up, and then smash it down with... a guy who... smashes... down... things.

I think it would have been interesting if Broli started having mental breakdowns during the courses of the movies (OK, not so much 11). Something like a dual personality, where he would occasionally snap "out" of his crazy self, come back to normal with an innocent look on his face, and maybe not even realize what he's been doing...? I mean, he's pretty warped... I could see that logically being a story progression for him.

Long story short, he's The Hulk 2 from Japan, and young boys like seeing things be smashed. That's why he's popular.

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:06 pm

Well, in Movie 8, he wasn't THAT crazy, at least compared to his movie 10 self. He was nuts, sure, but a sadistic, and dare I say, a bit clever sort of nuts.

DaemonCorps · Post by **DaemonCorps** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 5:25 pm

VegettoEX wrote:I think it would have been interesting if Broli started having mental breakdowns during the courses of the movies (OK, not so much 11). Something like a dual personality, where he would occasionally snap "out" of his crazy self, come back to normal with an innocent look on his face, and maybe not even realize what he's been doing...? I mean, he's pretty warped... I could see that logically being a story progression for him.

Well, he does start to lose control and attack Goku (and everyone else) when he's sleeping in Movie 8. It's not exactly a split personality thing, but I would have liked to see more of that in the other Broly movies instead of more of the smashy-smashy.